Roig, who founded the Pony with the recently passed Butch Pielka, was initially a bit reticent to answer the question, posed by an audience member.

He then dove in, and it’s PG-13.

“I woke up one morning, I happened to be next to somebody I really didn’t know,” Roig said. “Little horses on her shirt, and it was like November of ‘73. I was looking for a name for this place and I don’t know where it came from. It just popped into the head, that was it.”

The Stone Pony.

“There was no dream, there was nothing — it was like divine intervention,” Roig said.

“At least you didn’t name it ‘36D’,” quipped O’Toole to a roar of laughter.

“That was beautiful,” said Roig of O’Toole’s rejoinder.

"An Evening of Music and Memories at The Stone Pony," Monday, Oct. 22 at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park.(Photo: Chris Jordan)

The evening covered everyone Pony, from the Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes’ 1976 Memorial Day show to the Bouncing Souls Home for the Holidays run. Southside Johnny and Bobby Bandiera closed out the night with song.

After performing “She Loves You” by the Beatles, guitarist Lee Scott Howard of British Invasion Years addressed the crowd.The British Invasion Years perform at the Light of Day Winterfest in 2017. APP Correspondent